SDG influencers for Social Good 27/01/2021
The Latest SDGs Influencers List is out! We are glad our Founder Gaëlle Mogli is one of the top 100!
This list is published by Adam Rogers, ConnectAID's Ambassador & author of Taking Action Online. Soon it will be available on ConnectAID's platform.
It is a regular bulletin of SDG champions actively participating in empowering and mobilizing the accomplishment of the 17 SustainableDevelopmentGoals set by the international community to reduce poverty, end hunger, participate in climate action and so on.
The SDGs are a global challenge which require global effort. We can only achieve these goals if we work together.
At ConnectAID, we believe in the power of meaningful connection. Together, we have the strength, the means, the support we need for sustainable development.
Let's get to know some of the SDG Champions included in the Influencers List:
Sally Eaves - CTO and thought leader in emergent technology, intrapreneurship, online media and navigating digital disruption to sustainably support business success, educational development and social innovation.
Helen Clark - Former New Zealand Prime Minister & former UNDP Administrator passionate about human & sustainable development worldwide
Richard Munang - Africa Environmental Hero Laureate, UN Environment Programme Innovation Award Winner, Book Author: Making Africa Work through the Power of Innovative Volunteerism
Ludo Bok - Team Leader at UNDP doing work on HIV, Health and Sustainable Development
Siddharth Chatterjee - Resident Coordinator UN Kenya, Former Red Cross, Army Special Forces Vet, at the forefront of Fighting 4 Women’s Rights
Olav Kjorven - Chief Strategy Officer of EAT, a global, non-profit startup dedicated to transforming our global food system through sound science, impatient disruption and novel partnerships
Roberto Valent - UN Representative, 24 years of service to the United Nations, with the UN Development Programme (UNDP) in Africa, Central America, Eastern Europe and the Middle East
Gustavo Gonzalez - UN Resident & Humanitarian Coordinator, more than 25 years of extensive managerial and leadership experience in development, humanitarian affairs and peacebuilding, performing for several UN entities across 3 continents (Central America, Africa and Middle-East)
Jo Scheuer - Director for Climate Change and Disaster Risk Reduction in UNDP’s Bureau for Policy and Programme Support (BPPS), doing work to support countries in building resilience through risk-informed and zero-carbon approaches to implement the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)
Lenni Montiel - United Nations Assistant Secretary-General for Economic Development in the Department of Economic and Social Affairs
Johannes Drooghaag - Founder of Spearhead Management, Content creator of #GotAMinute @minute_got, Thought Leader and Influencer of SDGs
For more information, visit the Rise Global website for SDG Champions.